On the Life-Mask of Abraham Lincoln
by Richard Watson Gilder (1844�1909) |
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This bronze doth keep the very form and mould
Of our
great martyr's face. Yes, this is he:
That brow all
wisdom, all benignity;
That human, humorous mouth; those
cheeks that hold
Like some harsh landscape all the
summer's gold;
That spirit fit for sorrow, as the sea
For storms to beat on; the lone agony
Those silent,
patient lips too well foretold.
Yes, this is he who ruled
a world of men
As might some prophet of the elder day
Brooding above the tempest and the fray
With deep-eyed
thought and more than mortal ken.
A power was his beyond
the touch of art
Or arm�d strength�his pure and mighty
heart. |
By Richard Watson Gilder (1844�1909)
Listed November 17, 2012 |
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